Improvement in pantaloons-protectors



R. DILLON, Jr. Pantaloons Protector.

Patented Jan. 21, 1879.

WITNESSES 1 ATTORNEYS.

N1 PETE-R5 FHOTO-UTHOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT DILLON, JR., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEM ENT l N PANTAL'OONS-PROTECTORS,

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,500, dated J annary 21, 1879; application filed July 6, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT DILLON, J r., of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mud-Guard for Pantaloons, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a section of my improved device, taken through the line or m, Fig. 2, and shown as applied to the leg of a pair of pantaloons. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the fastenin g-hooks.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish a simple, convenient, and effective device for attachment to the rear part of the lower ends of pantaloon-legs in wet weather, to prevent the mud from being rubbed upon the said pantaloon-legs and upon the rear parts of the boots in walking.

The invention consists in the bent rods of unequal length, secured to each other at their ends, to adapt them to be secured to the legs of pantaloons by hooks or equivalent means, as hereinafter fully described.

A B are two bent pieces of wire, whalebone, cane, or other suitable material, of such a length as to pass about half-way around the leg of a pair of pantaloons, and the ends of which are secured to each other by caps, solder, or other convenient means. The inner rod, A, is made a little shorter than the outer rod, B, so that their middle parts may be at a little distance from each other, as shown in Fig. 2. The outer rod, B, is secured to the inside of the pantaloon-leg, about half an inch (more or less) from its lower edge, by hooks 0, formed upon small plates which have holes formed in them, to enable them to be readily sewed to the pantaloon-leg. The hooks O are made elastic, so that they will hold the rod B securely,

and at the same time allow the device to be readily attached and detached, as may be required.

If desired, the device may have hooks permanentl y attached to it to be hooked into eyes, eyelets, or other devices attached to the pantaloon-leg, or into the canvas lining of the leg; or it may be secured by straps, buttons, or other desired means.

With this construction the inner rod, A, will bear against the rear part of the boot or shoe, and the device will thus keep the pantaloonleg and the boot or shoe from coming in contact with each other, and will thus guard both from having mud rubbed upon them.

I am aware that a metallic guard made detachable by hooked buttons has been used on pantaloon-legs, and I do not claim, broadly, the use of a pantaloon-guard; but

What I claim is- A pantaloons protector consisting of the bent rods A B, of unequal length, secured to each other at their ends, to adapt them to be secured to the legs of pantaloons by hooks O, or equivalent means, substantially as herein shown and described.

ROBERT DILLON, J R.

Witnesses JAMES T. GRAHAM, O. SEDGwIcK. 

